Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess Grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 mon...
Garri Kimovich Kasparov , Garrik Kimovich Weinstein , Garry Kimovich Vajnshtejn , G. K. Kasparov , G. Kasparov , Garik Kimovich Weinstein
Awards
Chess Oscar
Movies
Game Over
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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Many strong chess players go on to successful careers as currency and stock traders, so I suppose there is considerable crossover in the pattern-matching and intuitive calculation skills required. But the aptitude for playing chess is nothing more than that. My argument has always been that what you learn from using the skills you have - analyzing your strengths and weaknesses - is far more important.
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One of the countless and endless debates around [Bobby] Fischer were whether his behavioral excesses were the product of an unbalanced yet sincere soul, or an extension of his all-consuming drive to conquer. He had his strong principles, but the predator in him was well aware of the effect his antics had on his opponents.
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Chess history is best viewed through the game's evolution: the Romantic Era of the 19th Century, the Hypermodernism of the early 20th, the post-World War II dominance of the Soviet School. They hail from all over the world, as illustrated by current world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and young Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. I had the opportunity to train Carlsen in 2009, and his intuitive style conserves the mystique of chess at a time when every CP-enhanced fan thinks the game is easy. Carlsen is as charismatic and independent as he is talented. If he can rekindle the world's fascination with the royal game, we will soon be living in the Carlsen Era.
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It was nothing to do about science. It was one zeal to beat Garry Kasparov. And when a big corporation with unlimited resources would like to do so, there are many ways to achieve the result.
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I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me. I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
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Fact
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Chairman, "Human Rights Foundation International Council".
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Founded United Civil Front, a social movement trying to prevent Russia from returning to totalitarianism.
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Retired from professional chess on 10 March 2005 due to his political ambitions.
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After holding the official FIDE World Chess Champion title from 1985 to 1993, he left the organization and founded the Professional Chess Association, whose World Champion he was until 2000.
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Is considered by many not only the best chess player in the world, but the best of all time.
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Fluent in both English and German.
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Noted for his phenomenal memory, Kasparov memorized thousands of chess games and matches.
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His parents had thought to teach him music, but one day at the age of 5 he suggested to them the solution to a chess problem they had been baffled by the night before. His mother, Klara, gave up her job to travel and work with him when he qualified for the World Championship. Chess expert Gabriel Schoenfeld once called Kasparov the "Mikhail Baryshnikov" of chess.
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Kasparov is pronounced kahs-PAH-rof. His father was named Kim Moiseyevich Weinstein, but died when Garry was seven, and the boy later adopted the Russian version of his mother's Armenian maiden name, Kasparian.
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Born at 11:45pm-BAT
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Late Night with David Letterman
1991
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Week
2016
TV Series
Himself - Powerhouse Roundtable Panelist
Meet the Press
2016
TV Series
Himself - Russian Political Activist
Le grand journal de Canal+
2012-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Magnus
2016
Documentary
Himself
Fareed Zakaria GPS
2016
TV Series
Himself
Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - Panelist / Himself / Himself - Former Chess Grandmaster / ...
Real Time with Bill Maher
2007-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
CNN NewsCenter
2015
TV Series documentary
Russian Pro-Democracy Activist
Srok
2014
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Cavuto on Business
2014
TV Series
Himself - Former World Chess Champion
The Frost Interview
2013
TV Series
Himself
Album 61
2013
Documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2007-2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Chess Grandmaster (segment "Crackdown in Russia") / Himself - Chess Grandmaster & Activist (segment "The Match of His Life")
Garry
2012
Short
Himself
Zima, ukhodi!
2012
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Mind of a Leader I Based on Niccolò Machiavelli's 'The Prince'
2011
TV Series documentary 2011
Durch die Nacht mit...
2011
TV Series documentary
Bobby Fischer Against the World
2011
Documentary
Himself
Chess History
2011
Video documentary short
Himself
The Mind of a Leader II Based on Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'
2011
TV Series documentary
Skavlan
2009
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Rude Tube
2008
TV Series
Himself
Sunday AM
2008
TV Series
Himself - Leader, 'The Other Russia' Coalition
Ein Artikel zu viel
2008
Documentary
Himself
The Colbert Report
2007
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Sunday Edition
2007
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Programme
2007
TV Series
Himself
Sabine Christiansen
2007
TV Series
Himself
Beckmann
2007
TV Series
Himself
Question Time
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Prince of Chess
2005
Documentary
Himself
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
2003
Documentary
Himself
Lo + plus
1997-2003
TV Series
Himself
Die Harald Schmidt Show
2002
TV Series
Himself
Bioperfection: Building a New Human Race
1998
TV Movie
Himself
Vremya lyubit i vremya nenavidet
1994
Documentary
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1989-1990
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
American Gambit
1989
Himself
La lluna
1989
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The bond of necessity
post-production
Hypertelia
2015
Short
Himself
New Day
2015
TV Series
Himself
Hört die Signale
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Chess Grandmaster (segment "Crackdown in Russia")